"여자아이"
Translation:Girl
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So girl 여자아이 is literally woman 여자 + child 아이 that'll make things easy to remember.
I was told this is the form for a specific age group, 4-8 yrs old. And 소녀 is for about 12 to 16. Is that right?
I thought 여자 on its own meant girl. Yesterday I was watching performances on an award show and when the girl group "Gfriend" was up it said "여자 친구" as in girl friend
I think 여자 is more like female. Since 아이 means child, 여자아이 would literally be translated as female child i.e girl as young female.
Also, 여자 = female
친구 = friend
여자 친구 = girlfriend
여자 means woman 여자아이 means girl like a little kid since 여자 is woman and 아이 is child 여자친구 is girlfriend because 여자 is woman and 친구 is friend
여자 means woman... So since a "girlfriend" is usually an adult, it's translates to 여자진구 or woman friend... 여자아이 literally means Woman Child... Or girl... Just like 남자아이 directly translates to Man Child...
Well, in the first few lessons they introduced the word child, which was orignally pronounced ah-eee (아이). Since 한굴 doesn't connect syllables, this would be pronounced yeo-jaa-ee not yeo-jah-ai. If they did connect syllables, this sentence would be pronounced yee-oh-jah-ai. But instead, we pronounce it sort of like yo-ja-ee. Obviously, 'yo-ja-ee' isn't the perfect pronunciation because romanitizations don't match the letters of 한굴, but it's probably the closest you could get if you used romanitizations (which I don't recommend). Correct me if I am wrong, but this is just from what I have heard.
Girl is pronounced differently by koreans. I have nevee heard yeojaayi or namdjaayi in a korean show, please research and give us the official name for a girl. Stop leading us astray
Wait what is the difference between 여자아이 and 소녀? Or is there a difference, and if not, which one is used more often?
